In response to the U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern’s Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, ruling against Oklahoma’s 2004 marriage protection amendment, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s Executive Director-Treasuer Dr. Anthony L. Jordan said the following:

“The ruling by Judge Kern, which is stayed and has no immediate effect and will be appealed, flies in the face of the biblical and historical meaning of marriage, the wisdom of the ages and the resounding democratic choice of the people of this great state,” said Dr. Anthony L. Jordan.

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